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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1970
Page
1
Two people died in an automobile crash on Route 50 near the West Virginia Virginia line around 6 p m Saturday. Police offered few details.
Frederick County deputies report a weekend surge of break ins at a golf club business office church and veterans group. Winchester Golf & Country Club suffered the heaviest damage with entry ransacking and theft including foodstuffs and four golf carts hauled toward I 81.
The National Center for Disease Control says a projected German measles epidemic in the early 1970s may be avoided due to rapid progress in a nationwide immunization program. About 16 million children have already been immunized in the crash effort started 18 months ago.
In Dublin Nixon’s car was splattered with eggs as he wound down a European tour. Police nabbed the egg throwers while Nixon waved to crowds and met with Ireland’s leaders at Dublin Castle.
Harold R. Edwards 77 of 14 S Washington St died today at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He joined the Commercial Bank in 1924, served as cashier before becoming president in 1960. Born February 19 1893 he served in World War I and was active in veterans and civic groups. Survived by widow Elizabeth Shenk two children five grandchildren and two brothers. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Jones Funeral Home with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed. burial Mount Hebron Cemetery.
The Supreme Court opens a new term amid a docket heavy with school desegregation, Vietnam war legality, and death penalty cases. Oral arguments begin with school disputes in Charlotte, Mobile, and Athens, while other matters await private conferences and potential ties around Justice Fortas.
Deborah Shickle 16 of White Hall named Outstanding Volunteer Youth Worker Summer 1970 by the Governor s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. Nomination cites Red Cross Day Camp for Retarded Children work in Winchester June 15 to July 3 1970.
A large high pressure system over the Appalachians brings cool air to Virginia with a warming trend expected Tuesday in southerly flow as the system moves eastward off the coast. Local notices include Life safety lines and community ads for apples, school jackets, sport shoes, Pizza Hut coupons, fall bulbs, and fresh produce at Winchester Feed and Carper's Market Basket with daily hours listed.
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